What this producer may never realize is that he spoke aloud the exact fear every woman feels when confronted with gender bias in the workplace. It's what we are conditioned to believe — that if we speak up, our livelihoods will be threatened; that standing our ground will lead to our demise. We don't want to be kicked out of the sandbox for being a 'bitch.' So we compromise our integrity for the sake of maintaining the status quo and hope that change is coming.

But as far as Mila can see, change does not seem to be coming any time soon.

The second instance of sexism Mila shared came from another producer, this time while she was working on a new project with three female friends, and one male producer.

Mila wrote,

In the process of pitching this show to a major network, the typical follow-up emails were sent to executives at this network. In this email chain, this producer chose to email the following:
'And Mila is a mega star. One of biggest actors in Hollywood and soon to be Ashton's wife and baby momma!!!'
This is the entirety of his email. Factual inaccuracies aside, he reduced my value to nothing more than my relationship to a successful man and my ability to bear children. It ignored my (and my team's) significant creative and logistical contributions.

In light of this most recent incident, Mila decided she is "done with compromising," and "done with being compromised."